Hi All, I need help with a miss in ef fairmont 6 cylinder when i take off from the lights or pulling out of the drive way.Its a manual conversion and was running mean for the last couple of years, now when I try to pull away fast it stutters then it picks up like nothings wrong. Now I've checked the plugs and they are all firing not one is black, so I started the car and pulled the leads off the plugs one by one and from 1 to 5 the engine note dropped to nearly cutting out but when I pulled 6 it didn't change it still ran as normalSo I swapped the plugs 5 and 6 and 6 was still not firing and there is alot of spark coming from number 6 lead...If i can get some help would be much appreciated...

Ok... Done the new HT leads but still not firing on number 6, so I changed the cool pack still the same and also a new ECU with no change...Any more ideas as I'm not one to give up and hoping it's not a valve but I'm sure the plug would be black if it was...

Yep I had a play around with the TPS and all seems good...I had ago at pulling codes and that also worked out fine with the code:111...I also drenched the engine in CRC to see if i had any vacuum leaks to no avail...So far I have tried another coilpack, new leads, another ECU (that I have changed back to the old one)...

Now that I think about it, this problem didn't start happening till my alternator s#@t it self and I replaced it with a second hand one from Pick A Part and I noticed that although the alternator seems to be working the volts have dropped on the gauge as I've driven up the road to the lights and the car is performing reasonably good. So I stop at the lights and it coughs and splutters for 2 seconds and then pulls away...

Ok... I'm getting 14.3 volts without any load and with lights, aircon, demister and all fans going 13.8 so I'm guessing thats good but with all that load I can hear the engine working hard to keep up and I know it never used to do that... Also when starting the car it takes a bit for the voltage to go up...

Ok... Here's an update, I have new leads, plugs, second hand coil pack and AU injectors from Pick A Part to find out it was the inlet manifold gasket... Now I have no idea why drowning the engine in CRC and Break cleaner didn't pick it up?

What I did to find it was an air leak, I removed the hose off the break booster and blocked the air intake on the throttle body with glad wrap and a clamp, then I blew through the booster and found the leak in the number 6 intake port...So I've just changed the gasket and did another air leak test as described to find zero leaks anywhere in the engine bay...

Thank goodness that's over and I must say the AU injectors are a treat for the motor now purrs better than before but would like to know because I removed the TPS and just put it back on will I need to reset it at all? It sort of don't feel right at ideal...

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